The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across the Midwest.

这项调查使用的是对中西部地区2000人的随机取样。

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Isn't it dangerous to base decisions on information from a small sample of people?

根据来自一小部分样本的人的信息来做决定不是很危险吗？

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Subsequently, they were purportedly given another sample of their preferred choice.

随后，据称他们又得到了另一个他们首选的样本。

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There were small pieces of plastic in every sample.

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You've got a sample of it on your handout.

你们手上的讲稿里有一份这首诗。

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One is in the U.S.at the Centers for Disease Control, where there is a sample of variola, which is kept, you know, frozen on ice in a heavily guarded facility.

一个在美国的疾病控制中心,那有一支天花病毒的样本,冰冻后置于重重保护之下

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We estimate that about 5 to 8 percent of a random sample of children have ADD.

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Check out an interactive sample of the shutter speed control's benefits after the break.

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So there we are - an unrepresentative sample of two males holding diametrically opposing views.

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